⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their nine
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 3:40 · MEM 64-53 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 8:42 · MEM 101-94 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:17 · MEM 73-71 IND
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q3 3:14 · MEM 86-87 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal Offensive Foul
Q4 3:32 · MEM 111-103 IND
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Offensive Foul
Q4 1:15 · MEM 117-111 IND
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Foul
Q4 1:15 · MEM 117-111 IND
📊The numbers
| MEM | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
